All O, no D Mike 'Antoni Another John Blair Bickerstaff the front office can control Decisions, decisions...
Mike D'Antoni's greatest moments as head coach the great suns teams 2004-2008 Consisted of his best talent he ever had Nash 2X MVP Amare Stoudimire Shaq Shawn Marion Raja Bell Leandro Barbosa Goran Dragic Grant Hill New York Knicks in his 3rd and 4th seasons he did take the Knicks to better records they did have mediocre talent He was the one who developed Lin into a solid offensive player. Expect Harden to have a Career Offensive year Projected Numbers under D'Antoni: 32 PPG 9.5 Assts a game With Talent his system works great but as we seen in Latter years of NY and LA he had no talent and had injury plagued rosters in which his system didnt do anything. * One thing to note, the Golden State Warriors use this System this is why Steve Nash is there along with Steve Kerr. Steve Kerr implemented alot of this to his system in Golden State but he has shown his commitment to the defensive end what many say Dantoni is missing. Hiring a defense only top assistant like Silas can work. This is exactly what the Knicks did but they did not have the personell to succeed. They never had a great passing guard neither did LA when Nash was hurt all year. Harden is a great passer, if we get Harden Possibly with an Ish Smith this system can work. I see the Rockets top Priority is Horford this summer. He will be our Stat compared to Harden being our Nash. Brewers skills fit perfect in this system. We do need our Barbosa type player off the bench. To be very successful we need to acquire Top 3 point guys like Ryan Anderson, and really good outside shooters. When Harden penetrates into for his foul attempt he will most likely pass the ball for a 3. I can easily see us scoring 120 points a game IF WE GET THE RIGHT PERSONNEL. The thing with Silas is he would have to work more of Individual defense rather than team defense. We will play defense alot like we did in 2014-2015 we will chase steals for fast breaks but will not defend any plays in transition. I see us scoring 120 points a game but giving up around 105-110. The goal will be to play as fast as possible and score in bunches much like the warriors do. The warriors have become famous for those 8 point runs in a span of 30 seconds the rockets will do alot of that. I do expect us to be a great regular season team if we get the right personnel. We can win upwards of 58-60 games and be the 2nd or 3rd seed. best case scenario. We wont ever complain about an end of the game play drawn up but we may be concerned about transition defense that may be the Achilles heal for the squad next year.
"We are going to rebuild this Rockets team and it's going to better than ever. Believe me. I'm the king of rebuilding. Believe me. It's going to be great. We are going to rebuild this team and make the Warriors pay for our salary cap!" -Donald Trump, leading candidate for Houston Rockets coaching job
